A working catalogue of works from the studio of Yabu Meizan (藪明山, 1853–1934), compiled from museum, auction and published records.
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Barrel-shaped vase with children at play — Bonhams, 2026This barrel-shaped vase, cylindrical and tapering to rim and foot, is painted with a central frieze of children playing games. In a…
Bowl with a festival procession and a Mount Fuji float (Khalili S 30)A deep bowl of about 1910, this is among the most animated of Meizan's procession pieces. Around the exterior winds a yatai…
Bowl with a sankin-kōtai procession — Leonard Joel, 2026Leonard Joel catalogued this fine-quality bowl, signed Yabu Meizan, as decorated with a sankin-kōtai procession. Under that system of alternate attendance, feudal…
Bowl with birds and butterflies among peonies (Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park)色絵花鳥文碗This small bowl, painted with birds and butterflies among peonies, is part of the Tetsuro Tanabe Collection at the Museum of Contemporary…
Bowl with butterflies in the interior (Allen Memorial Art Museum 1904.330)The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College records this bowl as a work from the studio of Yabu Meizan, dating it…
Conical tea bowl with a warlord’s council — Bonhams, 2022This conical tea bowl, 6.5 centimetres high and twelve centimetres across, places its principal scene inside. A circular panel in the well…
Covered vase with three friezes — Bonhams, 2020This small ovoid vase and cover is painted in three continuous friezes divided by geometric or floral bands. The first shows autumn…
Deep bowl with a fishing-village frieze — Bonhams, 2023This deep bowl has straight sides that taper to a low ring foot and flare slightly at the mouth. Its exterior carries…
Miniature vase with artisans at work — Bonhams, 2014This miniature vase of bulbous form with a long neck is decorated on a clear crackled glaze with a band of finely…
Pair of small ovoid vases with weaving scenes — Bonhams, 2018This complementary pair of small, elongated ovoid vases is divided into three horizontal registers. The upper band follows women and children through…
Pair of vases with fishermen and festival figures — Christie’s, 2016This pair of oviform vases, each with an everted neck and foot, is painted on a crackled cream ground in a scheme…
Small vase with a daimyo procession — Bonhams, 2013薩摩 金彩色絵大名行列図小花瓶A small vase only twelve centimetres high, this piece carries one of Meizan's most celebrated subjects: the daimyō procession. Around the body…
Vase with a dragonfly among morning glories — Christie’s, 2012This vase, 24 centimetres high, is painted on a fine crackled cream glaze with a dragonfly among morning glories and finished with…
Vase with an insect daimyo procession (Khalili S 107)Here Meizan's beloved procession subject is turned into a comedy. Around the ovoid body of this small vase marches a daimyō's retinue…
Vase with frogs at play — Bonhams, 2014This vase of compressed meiping form, on a flared foot, is painted on a clear crackled ground with a continuous design of…No works match these filters.